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Tue Dec-14-04 10:22 PM
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| The OJ Chase and the SUV Craze... |
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New theory: the popularity of the SUV was inspired by OJ's famous ride with AC in the white bronco.
Discuss.
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| DS1
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Tue Dec-14-04 10:23 PM
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| 1. No way, it was cross between The A-Team and Knight Rider that |
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drew everyone to the middleground
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| NV Whino
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Tue Dec-14-04 10:24 PM
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SUVs were hyped by Ford and GM way before OJ.
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| RPM
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Tue Dec-14-04 10:25 PM
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| 3. true, but once the OJ thing went down.... |
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...popularity seemed to soar.
Coinidence?
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| NV Whino
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Tue Dec-14-04 10:34 PM
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The auto companies (and the oil companies) have put big bucks into promoting bigger is better to Americans. Obviously OJ bought into it.
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Tue Dec-14-04 10:36 PM
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| 5. Maybe not the SUV craze but David Hasselhoff swears it hurt his career |
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his big concert was on the same night and OJ chase started at around the same time.
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| eternalburn
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Tue Dec-14-04 10:45 PM
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| 6. Did OJ's Bronco go "off-road" at anytime during that chase?.... |
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....
Seems to me that would be the point of having one for a getaway vehicle :)
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| RPM
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Tue Dec-14-04 10:50 PM
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as is the case with many current suburban SUV grocery getters, it never went off-road.
however, unlike most SUV drivers today, Al Cowlings kept the speed below 40 MPH...
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Tue Dec-14-04 10:51 PM
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SUV's were popular back then. But the OJ "chase" did cause an enormous increase in sales for the model Cowlings was driving (a Bronco?) I remember there being news stories about dealers saying people were coming in like crazy asking to get the "same as OJ."
Yeah, the country is f'd up.
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